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Brian J. Lang

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in Pittsburgh, The United States
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Guy Gavriel Kay, Brandon Sanderson, Bernard Cornwell, Joe Abercrombie

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When I was sixteen years old, I was reading "Billy Budd" by Herman Melville for my English class. My friend and I were pretty much bored out of our minds. My friend said to me, "We could probably do better than this." To which, being sixteen, I agreed.

Thus I embarked on becoming a writer. My first attempt was laughable, a James Bond clone that proved one thing only: I could conceive of and write a story from page 1 to page n but that didn't make it a good book. Thus, Ian Gemini (yep, that was his name) was laid to rest.

Over the course of time I improved, stealing less and creating more. I went to school at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and studied English with a Creative Writing focus. I learned from published authors. I had
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Brian J. Lang I think it's different for every writer. I tend to not push it. If something isn't working, I'll set it to stew. My mind will work on the problem, som…moreI think it's different for every writer. I tend to not push it. If something isn't working, I'll set it to stew. My mind will work on the problem, sometimes even in the background while I'm doing other things. I have so many other ideas for writing (other than the project(s) I'm working on) that I'll drift over to one of them and write a scene just to keep the words flowing. Eventually whatever was blocking me gets unblocked.(less)
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Sergio Nabbed your book bud. Gonna start it up next!


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